Struggle in the Steam Age

There are two young shaman apprentices guarding the door of the big shaman's room, one of them is a human, and the other is a centaur. After Lawrence told them why he came, the human shaman apprentice immediately lifted the painted curtain and entered the room. At that moment, Lawrence smelled the smell of burning sage from the room .

After waiting quietly for two or three minutes, the apprentice shaman came out of the room and motioned for Lawrence and the others to go in. So he took the little doll into the room belonging to the great shaman. Unlike imagined, the inside of this building is not dark at all, a lot of sunlight pours in from the patio in the center of the room, illuminating everything brightly.

"Welcome, young man." After Lawrence walked through the courtyard of the building and entered the room opposite the courtyard, an old lady with gray hair greeted them from behind the table. Unlike most of the Centaurs, this The centaur shaman is lying on a big blanket, instead of standing all the time like ordinary centaur.

"Nice to meet you." Lawrence and Nora saluted the elder centaur at the same time, and then sat down on the other two rugs beside the table under his gesture. After they sat down and handed over the presents to the apprentice shaman next to them, the great shaman asked Lawrence why they came.

"It's like this." Lawrence talked about his origins this time. After learning about the existence of this great shaman the day before yesterday, they directly contacted the church to verify the identity of this great shaman on the road yesterday. Because there are many connections between this side and the urban area, it only took more than half an hour to verify the identity of this great shaman.

According to the church, this centaur shaman is a very reliable transcendent in this area. If there is any problem with their team, they can directly reveal their identity and purpose to her. Under normal circumstances, this great shaman would try his best to help them.

"Oh, so that's the case!" After Lawrence stated his identity and purpose, the great shaman closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said to the apprentice shaman waiting beside him, "Harlan , you go and take out all the documents from the No. 3 cabinet on my left, and besides that, the files from the first drawer on the left of No. 7 cabinet."

Soon, the apprentice shaman reported a stack of documents that looked at least 30 centimeters thick and walked over. Then the great shaman put down a bunch of herbs and crystal balls on the table, spread the documents on the table, and said to Lawrence, "Here are the land and biome statistics on the edge of the grassland. If there is any If there is a change, you should be able to see it from these records."

"Thank you so much." Lawrence and Nora leaned forward and bowed slightly at the same time to express their gratitude, then took the documents and read them. Fortunately, Lawrence mastered the magic of reading, so he was able to understand the information contained in this large pile of documents in a short period of time and then shared it with Nora, and then quickly analyzed the data through Nora.

Fifteen minutes later, Lawrence had recorded all the data marked above from the pile of files, and then analyzed the pile of data with Nora. And the centaur shaman was watching them quietly while drinking elderberry tea.

"I found that something is wrong." After analyzing a large amount of data, Nora said suddenly, and then took out a few data records from the large amount of data and placed them in front of Lawrence. "Look, this batch of data shows that some small-scale locust plagues have begun to appear in the northwest region of the grassland, but because that place is the junction of the Gobi Desert and the grassland, there is no pasture, so the ranchers have not noticed this. Some changes."

"Let me see." Lawrence took the records from the doll, and sure enough, those records recorded the situation of several sampling points in the northwest of the grassland in the past seven years. If we look at these data Looking at it from the outside, when the pests broke out in those cotton fields, a small-scale locust plague broke out at the edge of the grassland at the same time. Obviously, this should not be something that can be explained by a simple coincidence.

"I actually paid attention to the little locust plague you saw before." After listening to Lawrence and the others discussing the issue for a while, the centaur high priest interjected when the discussion between the two of them temporarily stopped, "But I didn't Pay attention to this place, because it is a relatively dry grassland after all, and small-scale locust plagues break out almost every year. If you didn’t talk about this matter today, I wouldn’t even pay attention to the contents of these files.”

I have to say that if this divine power pollution is not some kind of special coincidence. Then the existence behind the manipulation is really too cunning. Because the impact of this divine power pollution is not the usual mutation or direct evil, but only magnifies the original problem. If it weren't for some coincidence this time, it is very likely that the whole situation will not be discovered until it becomes completely out of hand.

"By the way, Your Excellency." Lawrence looked at the centaur shaman and said after roughly analyzing the information he had obtained before in his mind, "If I remember correctly, the Giant Wood Town we are in now It should be the most prosperous town on the entire prairie. Has anyone in this town behaved abnormally recently, such as suddenly getting a large sum of money, or purchasing a batch of things that they may not need."

"Ah, I don't know much about this." The high priest shook his head and said, "I usually either meditate here, or I take my disciples to the surrounding wilderness to understand nature and sharpen myself. So the specific situation in the town The situation is really unclear. But I think the owner of Lucky Shoes should have been paying attention to this."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head and whispered a few words to the apprentice behind her. Soon, the young apprentice quickly ran out of the room after nodding his head. After the apprentice left, the big shaman spoke to Lawrence. "I asked my students to call the boss over under the pretext that I need some wine for the ceremony, and you can ask him these questions."

Soon, a human bald and muscular man who looked like there were more gangsters than bar owners came in. His left eye was covered by a black eyepatch, and there were three marks on the exposed skin that looked like some kind of animal had scratched it. After the boss came in, he first bowed to the big shaman, and then asked what she called him specifically.

"Actually, I invited you here for them." The big shaman pointed to Lawrence and the others and said. "They have a mission jointly assigned by many Zhengshen temples. After they ask you something, I hope you can explain it to them truthfully, because the problems they have to deal with now are also closely related to our land."

After a brief explanation, Lawrence didn't say anything politely, but directly asked the owner of the hotel if there were any unusual characters or unusual events recently. After all, as the most important entertainment venue in the town, Lucky Horseshoe It is also the most important information distribution center in the town. If there is any abnormality, the owner of the bar should be aware of it.

After listening to the big shaman's order, the boss also recalled seriously. After thinking for a few minutes, he patted his bald head and told Lawrence something interesting.

"If there are any people who are abnormal, there are. A while ago, when the old lame came back from the east, his legs suddenly healed, and then he became a lot richer. I remember very clearly that he bought it from me in one go. I bought two small casks of elf mead, and in the past he would not have been able to buy a cask even if he sold all his belongings."

"This is indeed doubtful." Lawrence said after tapping the wooden table with his fingers. "But can you tell me about his unusual behavior besides the extravagant spending on alcohol?"

"He was very tight-lipped when he was drinking at my place, and he didn't reveal any news." The hotel owner frowned and said after thinking about it. "But later I heard from other people who came to drink with me that he seems to have bought a lot of things from the town, and it looks like he has something important to do."